Glasses.



F. A. MORRISON.

GLASSES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY I4, 1914. RENEWED NOV. H. 1915.

4770/?WEM Patented June 20, 1916.

. ments to be it site I FRANCIS A. MORRISON, OF PHILADELFHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GLASSES.

inertia.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 20, T916.

Application filed July 14, 1914, Serial No. 850,847. Renewed November 11, 1915. Serial No. 60,992.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that T, FRANoIs A. Mon- RISON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Glasses, of which the following is a specification.

The principal object of the present invention is to improve bifocal glasses in such a way that they can be easily and quickly adjusted by the user into either near or distance position, without necessitating in all cases the removal of the glasses, although of course they can be removed if desired.

The invention comprises the improvepresently described and finally claimed. v

For the sake of description I have selected one embodiment of the invention and have illustrated it in the accompanying drawings,

in which-- I Figures 1 and 2 are diagrammatic views illustrating two positions of the bifocal lenses in respect to the eyes of the wearer. Figs. 3 and 4, are front views of the glasses, drawn to an enlarged scale and showing two positions of the parts, and Figs. 5 and 6 are perspective views looking from the back of the glasses.

Tn the drawings 1 are bifocal lenses of which the portions 2 are for distance vision and the portions 3 are for near vision. Such bifocal lenses are well understood and can be variously constructed in one or more than one piece.

4, is a movable automatic means comprising, as shown in the drawings, the clip 5, the stop 6 and the spring 7 for positioning the movable nose rest. The. clip 5, consists, as shown, of a forward upward extensionand a rearward extension. The forward extension by reason of its upward curve constitutes a convenient finger piece as well as a stop and the rearward extension operates as a retaining spring or detent spring.

The invention is illustrated for the sake of description in application to spectacles and 8 is the bridge piece which connects the lenses. The nose rest 4 is shown as pivotally connected at 9 with the bridge 8 and the spiral spring 7 is interposed between nose rest and there are the bridge 8 and the nose rest 4 and tends to position the latter as shown in Fig. 6. The stop 6 limits the action of the spring and so insures the positioning of the movable nose rest. The clip 5- cooperates with the bridge piece S'and holds the movable element 4: in alinement with the bridge 8.

For the sake of a description of the invention it may be assumed that the dotted If the wearer desires to use the near portion" of the lenses 3, he releases the movable nose rest so that the automatic holding means 6 and 7 cooperate with the rest 4 and so position the glasses with the portion 3 in the line a. The change from one position to the other, that is from the position shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 5, to the position shown in Figs. 2, 4 and 6 can be made without removing theglasses, which is a matterof convenience. Furthermore the glasses are sightly and the fact that the wearer can readily position them for near and distance vision is a matter of great importance, for in many cases the eye cannot accommodate itself quickly and properly to vision through both portions of the bifocal glasses.

It may be said that by the present invention one pairof glasses is made to do the work of two and it performs the work of each of the two properly and with comfort and ease to the wearer. a

While I have described one embodiment of the invention, I do not intend to limit myself to that embodiment because the invention is capable of other embodiments and is not limited in matters of detail and construction, or in any way further than the prior state of the art and the appended claims may require.

What claim is:

Glasses comprising the combination of bifocal lenses, 'a bridge piece which connects the lenses, a. nose rest conforming to the bridge piece and pivotally connected near its ends to the bridge piece to permit it to be In testimony whereof I have hereunto alined therewith and to be turned away signed my name.

therefrom, and a spring device for hold- FRANCIS A. MORRISON. ing the nose rest in one position, and means Witnesses: 5 for holding the nose rest in the otherposi- FRANK E. FRENCH,

tion, substantially as described. W CLIFFORD K. CAssEL. 

